caught it early in kindergarten and made changes immediately. I spent his elementary years finding and using methods to equip him both academically and socially.
I put motion into his learning, created systems that would help him track multi-level activities, and found rewards that motivated him to focus when his distractibility pulled hard on his attention.We role-played vital social skills, got him involved in ADHD-friendly sports, and most of all, we learned to delight (not despair) in his differences.
At the time, I thought we’d really nailed it.So, imagine my surprise when, in a phone call with my now 30-year-old son, he informed me that, while I’d gotten lots of things right about ADHD, I had completely missed his dyslexia.Insert.
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